xxvii, 755 pages : 24 cm

Previous edition: New York ; London : Harper and Row, 1977

' ... shortened version of "Cuba, the pursuit of freedom"--Title page verso

Includes index

Batista -- Fidel Castro: Childhood and Youth -- Moncada: the Idea -- Moncada: the Fight -- Indian Summer -- The Civic Dialogue -- Castro in Mexico -- The Granma and the Sierra Maestra -- Herbert Matthews Goes to the Sierra -- The Attack on the Palace -- War in the Sierra (March-May 1957) -- The U.S. Enters the Controversy -- Miami and Santiago -- The NAval Mutiny at Cienfuegos -- The Arms Embargo -- The Strike of '9' April -- Batista's 'Big Push' of May 1958 -- The Collapse -- How Batista Fell -- Springs of Victory -- Castro and the Americans in 1959 -- L' Illusion Lyrique -- First Shadows -- The Island -- The Class Structure of Cuba -- Black Cuba -- The Church -- Education -- Sugar -- Tobacco and Other Industries -- The Economy: Labour -- The Economy: The Central Neurosis -- Castro in America -- Agrarian Reforms: Politics and Crisis -- The Eclipse of the Liberals -- A Sword is Drawn The End of Capitalist Cuba -- The U.S. Prepares for Battle -- Cuba Socialista: I -- Cuba Socialista: II -- Battle of Cochinos Bay -- Between the Crises -- The Missile Crisis: I -- The Missile Crisis: II -- The Missile Crisis: III -- The Utopians -- The 'Ten Million Ton Harvest' and its Implications -- The New Men -- The Guardians -- New Friends and Old -- The Pursuit of Freedom

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